Page 530 - Week 02 - Thursday, 11 February 2021

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parking spaces, local residents have successfully achieved the result they most wanted—to keep their park for people, not cars. I support their aims to see Cooleman Park permanently rezoned as parkland and become more functional as a neighbourhood park, with more trees and picnic tables. With the busy shopping area nearby, this park is in an ideal location for local workers and visitors to the area to eat lunch or meet with friends, especially at this time of year when the green grass and shady trees provide respite from concrete and hard surfaces reflecting summer heat.

This is a wonderful result for democracy and for community activism. I commend the members of the group for their peaceful but determined efforts to protect a place they love, and I thank Chris Steel for listening and responding to them. I hope that this is encouraging to others who are working to protect their local environment. Saving planet Earth begins in our own back yard.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

The Assembly adjourned at 6.14 pm until Tuesday, 30 March at 10.00 am.

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